diff --git a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/core_extensions/front_matter.rb b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/core_extensions/front_matter.rb
index 8b0cbb11..faf0bb12 100644
--- a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/core_extensions/front_matter.rb
+++ b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/core_extensions/front_matter.rb
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ module Middleman::CoreExtensions
         resource.add_metadata options: opts, page: fmdata
 
         # TODO: resource.ignore! if ignored
+        # TODO: This doesn't really work because resources can't themselves be ignored / when
+        # an ignore rule is in place it's forever
+        resource.ignore! if ignored == true && !resource.proxy?
 
         # TODO: Save new template here somewhere?
       end
diff --git a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/sitemap/extensions/ignores.rb b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/sitemap/extensions/ignores.rb
index 5a4f36b1..b12e6c73 100644
--- a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/sitemap/extensions/ignores.rb
+++ b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/sitemap/extensions/ignores.rb
@@ -48,11 +48,16 @@ module Middleman
 
       # Helpers methods for Resources
       module IgnoreResourceInstanceMethods
+        # Ignore a resource directly, without going through the whole
+        # ignore filter stuff.
+        def ignore!
+          @ignored = true
+        end
+
         # Whether the Resource is ignored
         # @return [Boolean]
         def ignored?
-          # Check frontmatter/data
-          return true if !proxy? && data[:ignored] == true
+          return true if @ignored
           # Ignore based on the source path (without template extensions)
           return true if @app.sitemap.ignored?(path)
           # This allows files to be ignored by their source file name (with template extensions)